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Stone Oak Library - Summer Reading

Join the summer reading fun!  The following programs are awaiting your participation.  Click on the underlined links to visit the web sites:

Read Across Texas
 (San Antonio Public Library)		 Barnes & Noble
(Call your nearest store for summer reading information)
H-E-Buddy Reading Program
(H.E.B. Stores)

Ideas for summer reading - Texas Bluebonnet 2008-2009, 2x2 Reading List, Reading Web Sites, and Author/Series lists (just keep scrolling down for the lists & links)-- Happy Reading!!        

Web Sites

Children’s Books: Summer Reading Fun -
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/forparents/a/summer.htm
Children’s Book Council -
http://www.cbcbooks.org/ (click on the Reading Lists link on the left side of the site)
HAISLN 2008 Recommended Reading Lists – from the Houston Area Independent School Library Network
http://www.haisln.org/ReadingLists.htm
Mid-Continent Public Library Juvenile Series & Sequels-
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/
 NEISD Summer Reading Recommendations –
 http://www.neisd.net/read/summer_reading/summer_reading.html
Recommended New Books by Dr. Peggy Sharp, a Children’s Literature Specialist -
http://www.peggysharp.com (click on Peggy’s Picks at the top)
Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee Lists – for Grades 3~6
http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html (click on Current Nominees or Previous Booklists links)
2X2 Reading List – Age 2 to Grade 2
 http://www.txla.org/groups/crt/2x2intro.htm

Author/Series Lists 

The following lists of authors and series are in no way comprehensive and have been compiled from popular books that circulate in the Stone Oak collection and from the websites listed above.
Grades K-1 Grades 2-3 Grades 4-5

Authors

Aliki 
David A. Adler
Stan & Jan Berenstain
Jan Brett
Marc Brown
Eve Bunting
Janelle Cannon
Lauren Child
Coreen Cronin 
Hans De Beer
Tomie DePaola
Denise Fleming
Mem Fox
Eloise Greenfield
Kevin Henkes  
Russell Hoban 
Ezra Jack Keats
Eric Kimmel
Leo Lionni 
Arnold Lobel 
James Marshall
Mercer Mayer
Laura Numeroff
David McPhail
Marcus Pfister
Cynthia Rylant 
Dr. Seuss 
Judith Viorst
Bernard Waber
Rosemary Wells
Charlotte Zolotow

Popular Series 

Charlie & Lola
Biscuit
Henry and Mudge
Golly Sisters
Danny and the Dinosaur
Little Bear
Tacky the Penguin
Martha (the dog)
Curious George
Madeline
Clifford
Franklin
Frog and Toad

Authors

David Adler
Jan Brett
Lauren Child
Beverly Cleary
Joanna Cole
Paula Danziger
Demi
Jean Fritz
Jack Gantos
Patricia Reilly Giff 
Amy Hest
 Johanna Hurwitz 
Steven Kellogg 
Elizabeth Levy 
Emily Arnold McCully
Robert Munsch
Mary Pope Osborne
Barbara Park
Dav Pilkey 
Patricia Polacco
 Jack Prelutsky
Seymour Simon
 Jon Scieszka
William Steig 
John Steptoe 
Chris Van Allsburg
E. B. White

Popular Series 

Charlie & Lola
Geronimo Stilton
Franny K. Stein
Secrets of Droon
Nate the Great
Commander Toad
Marvin Readpost
 A to Z Mysteries
Julian
Arthur (the Aardvark)
Encyclopedia Brown
Magic Tree House
Junie B. Jones
Jenny Archer
Amber Brown
Judy Moody

 

Authors

Lloyd Alexander
Avi
Joan Bauer
Eve Bunting
Betsy Byars
Lauren Child
Andrew Clements
Bruce Coville
Matt Christopher
Sharon Creech
Christopher Paul Curtis
Karen Cushman
Roald Dahl
Paula Danziger
Beverly Cleary
Russell Freedman
Cornelia Funke
Margaret Peterson Haddix
James Howe
Erin Hunter
Brian Jacques
Madeline L’Engle
C.S. Lewis
Lois Lowry
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Joan Lowry Nixon
Robert O’Brien
Barbara Park
Christopher Paolini
Gary Paulsen
J. K. Rowling
Rick Riordan - Local Author!
Louis Sachar
Gary Soto
Jerry Spinelli
Theodore Taylor
E. B. White
Laurence Yep
Jane Yolen

Popular Series

Percy Jackson & the Olympians
The Warriors
Clarice Bean
The Shadow Children
Artemis Fowl
Narnia Series
Redwall Series
Nancy Drew
Hardy Boys
Hank the Cowdog
Harry Potter